Current Affairs – August 18, 2020 [Top Headlines]
Here are top Current Affairs of August 18, 2020
INDIA
- SC to examine when corruption allegations against judiciary can be made public
- Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda launches Tribal Health and Nutrition Portal ‘Swasthya’ and quarterly e-newsletter ALEKH
- IPS officer Rakesh Asthana appointed Director General of BSF
- IPS officer V S K Kaumudi appointed Special Secretary (Internal Security) in Home Ministry
- Uttarakhand: Woolly flying squirrel, considered extinct 70 years ago, spotted at Gangotri National Park in Uttarkashi
- BJP candidate Jai Prakash Nishad elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from UP
- Indian classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj dies at 90; belonged to the Mewati Gharana, won: Padma Shri (1975), Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1987), Padma Bhushan (1990), Padma Vibhushan (2000) and Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship (2010).
- West Bengal: Trinamool Congress MLA Samaresh Das dies at 76 after testing positive for COVID-19
- Manipur: Nitin Gadkari lays foundation stone for 13 highway projects worth Rs 3,000 crore; total road length 316 kms
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
- India’s seafood exports pegged at 12,89,651 MT in FY 2019-20: MPEDA (Marine Products Export Development Authority)
WORLD
- Nepal, India hold virtual talks on the progress made on various India-aided developmental projects; delegations led by Nepalese Foreign Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi and Indian Ambassador to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra
- UK launches £3 mn innovation challenge in India to tackle Covid-19 pandemic
- MV Wakashio, the carrier that ran aground, spilled oil off Mauritian coast, breaks up
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020